android option menu with icon

Question

How to show icon with option menu.I have tried the following code but my option menu is without image icon.I am using android version 4.0 for developing app.

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Answer 1

Override OnPrepareOptionsMenu and add icon from there too

and if its for above 3.0, use android:showAsAction in xml.

eg. android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"